These claims have been made before, of who the infamous Stig from Topgear is. Some say he is Jenson Button. Some say his name is Damon Hill. Others, like this video clip we have, say he is Ben Collins. Ben who? He’s 32 years old, is from Bristol, England and has raced in NASCAR and F3. So he’s got skills. But what gives claim to his status as The Stig? Surely The Stig has no known origin, no parents, no voice?
Well, not exactly. Take a look at the vid and hear the man supposedly Stig driving the Lamborghini. This ‘evidence’ stems from the belief that driver’s voice and that of the man in the next chapter (Collins with no helmet, being interviews post-race) are identical. Do you think the voices are identical? We keep revisiting this fascinating story of The Stig, maybe in some small hope that one day TG will have an hour long official "reveal" of who the man is, including previous claimed Stigs like the first black one said to be former F1 race driver/ tester Perry McCarthy. It won't happen, we know, but we keep hoping anyway.
Collins has actually been on TG before as himself, in at least one episode. He was driving high speed, performing a stunt with a car. From his accent alone we can exclude him being American, Finnish or Irish...
Is The Stig NASCAR and F3 Driver Ben Collins?
Analyse this Video Footage!
By Thami Masemola
July 30, 2008 3:00 PM
Filed Under: European, General, Movies
Comments
Goldfinger
July 30, 2008 3:19 PM
It would be best not to know who he is , for the fact that the show wont be the same if he is properly identified...
Nurchus
July 30, 2008 3:48 PM
I just saw the Stig walking to some market in Tunisia. He was dressed in his racing outfit. Then he just disappeared in a plume of smoke.
wwmindy
July 30, 2008 3:50 PM
Someone should put two sound bytes right next to each other from this video because I dont know how to do it....He says one word twice in the video, once when he is in his disguise, and the other when he is being interviewed after his race...someone should put the two together and see if we can compare the way the two words are said as well as tone.
Voss
July 30, 2008 4:06 PM
This is nothing new, it's been known for a long time that Ben is 'one' of the Stigs. The BBC have even admitted they use more then 1 guy, since he can't be at all the shootings, all over the world.
XXXi
July 30, 2008 4:09 PM
Wroong ShinyG, everyone of us is "The Stig". TG is exploiting the everyday dream of ours to roll out on a track with our own car (no matter how a crappy diesel it is :) ) or any other and push it to the limit listening to stupid music....over and over again. So....kudos for TG they are doing a hell'of a job.
Sammy_R-Gti
July 30, 2008 4:24 PM
i think he should remain unknown because that one of the things that makes the show so good
Gajolen
July 30, 2008 4:33 PM
The Stig is Rowan Atkinson. So now you know. Have a nice day and enjoy the good weather:D
Malhaar
July 30, 2008 4:50 PM
All of this is wrong! Since when was The Stig a human? I'm sorry these are all false rumors!
Atmo
July 30, 2008 4:53 PM
Maybe The Stig is woman??? Michel Mouton for example?! in due time, she fought on an equal footing with Walter Rohrl...
KrAMeR
July 30, 2008 5:29 PM
unfortunately thats probably him, even tho i would rather never find out who the stig really is...
KrAMeR
July 30, 2008 5:39 PM
even tho thats most likely him... id rather not know who the stig really is... maybe hes captain slow? you never know :D
bernardo
July 30, 2008 7:28 PM
The stig has to be an ex former F1 driver, otherwise he wouldn't be allowed to drive F1 cars as he did on the british gran prix.
jai_mav
July 30, 2008 8:01 PM
hes actually an alien with a helmet for a head and a racing suit for skin.
Gajolen
July 30, 2008 9:06 PM
Some say that he is acutually Papa Smurf and his suit is his beard. The only thing we know is that he is called The Stig
NISMO
July 31, 2008 2:27 AM
Perhaps they will test an F430 this season and Stig will crash it with a small child-like stig in the passenger seat...Ferrari will then let us know who it is not...that should help narrow it down.
hanifcd
July 31, 2008 2:36 AM
Theres a lot of Stigs in fact. Different Stigs for different kind of assignment. For example the TG Winter Olympics. Although some say, He's Ken Livingston himself or Jamie Oliver.
FOXHOUND
August 1, 2008 2:04 AM
stiggy should run for president of the world i would definitely vote for it.
sreteerte
August 1, 2008 9:40 PM
some say that his heart is made by toyota, and that when he's sleeping he dreams about dancing strawberries. all we know is that he's called The Stig...
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